Wu Weiwen is the head of the Wu family. He is good at cooperating with the government. He got a formal position through donations. He donated twenty-two thousand pieces of silver to help the army pay the price for the peace of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He also donated tens of thousands of silver coins to quell the rebellion in Gansu, Shaanxi. Finally, the court's ruling and the monopoly right of Huai salt industry were obtained. He earns millions of taels of silver every year. Wu Weiwen has a great regret. He has only one son and tuberculosis. In order to make his son happy, he married Zhou Ying to his son Wu Ping. But her son died at the age of 17. The young widower inherited the huge wealth of the Wu family. Zhou Ying is the reincarnation of Lohan. Her short stature and short legs are all blessings. She was blessed by her own gods and buddhas. After Wu Weiwen's death, Wu's business began to decline. She took over the Wu family's business empire as a female head, turned losses into profits and became the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty.
Zhou Ying's legendary life is exactly the same as that of a widow at the end of the Warring States Period. They married widows, and then used their intelligence to make the family business bigger and stronger and become the richest people in this country. The widow adopted one of their adopted sons, both of whom were related to the head of state. Finally, it was awarded by the state and went down in history. However, their adopted son was unfilial and died unfortunately. Zhou Ying's legendary life tells us that sometimes women not only hold up half the sky, but also their talents far exceed those of many men.
Ying Zhou's life is very luxurious, but she deserves it and is beyond reproach! With money, Zhou Ying has also done a lot of charity, such as building a school to help poor children in the village go to school. In the famine years, we opened warehouses to release grain and set up "porridge farms" to help the victims. Build water conservancy facilities, bridges, pavements, etc.
Zhou Ying knew how to combine politics with business, and donated countless silver coins to the court. After years of widowhood, Cixi fled from Beijing to Shaanxi in a hurry. After being sponsored by Ying Zhou, Cixi accepted her adopted daughter, named her as a clever wife, and gave her a plaque to "protect the country". Ying Zhou's son Wu Huaixian sued his adoptive mother for taking over the family, but he failed. Zhou Ying died at the age of 42. Because she has no biological son, she was not buried in the Wu family's tomb.